{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"22520.5","citation":"Veh. Code, § 22520.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD [21000. - 23336.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Stopping, Standing, and Parking [22500. - 22526.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11/chapter-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 924, Sec. 10.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or service while being wholly or partly within any of the following:</p><p>(1) The right-of-way of any freeway, including any on ramp, off ramp, or roadway shoulder which lies within the right-of-way of the freeway.</p><p>(2) Any roadway or adjacent shoulder within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp.</p><p>(3) Any sidewalk within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp, when vending or attempting to vend to vehicular traffic.</p><p>(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a roadside rest area or vista point located within a freeway right-of-way which is subject to Section <a href=\"/veh/22520.6\">22520.6</a>, to a tow truck or service vehicle rendering assistance to a disabled vehicle, or to a person issued a permit to vend upon the freeway pursuant to Section <a href=\"/shc/670\">670</a> of the Streets and Highways Code.</p><p>(c) A violation of this section is an infraction. A second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section is a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"(a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or service while being wholly or partly within any of the following: (1) The right-of-way of any freeway, including any on ramp, off ramp, or roadway shoulder which lies within the right-of-way of the freeway. (2) Any roadway or adjacent shoulder within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp. (3) Any sidewalk within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp, when vending or attempting to vend to vehicular traffic. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a roadside rest area or vista point located within a freeway right-of-way which is subject to Section 22520.6, to a tow truck or service vehicle rendering assistance to a disabled vehicle, or to a person issued a permit to vend upon the freeway pursuant to Section 670 of the Streets and Highways Code. (c) A violation of this section is an infraction. A second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section is a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/stopping-standing-and-parking-22520-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}